Apparatus for transmitting power.



Patented Mar. 26, |90I. J. N; & L. D. FULTON.

' APPARATUS F08 TB'ANSMITTING PUWER.

(Applicaticx filed Abr. 19, 1900,`

(No Modal.)

No.4 670,447. Patented Mar. 2s, leol.

J. N. &. L. FULTON.

APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER.

(Application filed Apr. 19, 1900.2

(U0 Mu'del.) 2 Sheets-Sheet '2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOSEPH NEWTON FULTON AND LUTHER' D'. FULTON,OF TITUsvILLE,

PENNSYLVANIA.

. APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING POWER.[4

sPEcIFIoATIoN forming pm of 'Letters Patent No. 670,447, dated Maren 26,190i.

Application filed April 19, 1900. Serial No. 13,519. No model.)l

4 To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that'we, JOSEPH NEWTON FUL- TON and LUTHER D. FULTON,citizens of the United States, residing at Titusville, in the Vania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus forTransmitting Power, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in apparatus fortransmitting power, and is more especially adapted for use in operatingseries lof pumps. Its primary object is to provide an apparatus ofsimple construction which dispenses withall movable levers, rods, dac.,in transmitting power 'and which permits of the direct application ofpower from a central station to one or more pumps or other devices to beoperated.

A further object is to provide an apparatus whereby the devices to beoperated may be moved in unison without loss of motion.

Aof the main cylinder is adapted to be operated by a suitable motor, andthe pistons of the remaining cylindersare secured directly to the pumpsor other devices to be operated.

i The pipes and cylinders are completelyfllled with a non-compressibleliuid adapted to be moved back and forth within the supply and returnpipes and the cylinders by the movement of the main piston, saidpipes'being provided with suitable valves and cocks, whereby circulationwithin one or more of the cylinders may be cut off and leakage of waterfrom one side to the other of the pistons within the cylinders beautomatically compensated for.

The invention also consists in the further novel constructionsandcombinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed,and illustrated in the accompanying draw'- ings, showing the preferredform of our invention, and in which- Figure lis a diagrammatical view ofthe apparatus, showing the cylinders in section. Fig. 2 is an elevationof a portion of the apparatus, showingH its application to a .pumpg andFig. 3 is a detail view of a modified -arrangement of pipes.

Referring to said figures by numerals of ref- 5 5' erenoe,1is a maincylinder having gages, as 2, connected thereto by means of pipes 3 andhaving mounted therein a piston 4, the rod 5 of which may be secured toany suitable motor 6.

of, is a pipe 7, which may for 'convenience 'in describing the apparatusbe termed the supply-pipe. A pump, as 8, is connected to this pipe andmay be driven in any suitable manner, said pump being adapted to forceliquid into pipe 7 as desired. The supply-pipe is arranged adjacent' toeach of one or more cylinders 9, each ofwhich is provided with a piston1Q, having a rod 11, which maybe con- 7o nected in any suitable mannerto the device to be'operated thereby. -In Fig. 2 we have shown said rodapplied to a pump and connected thereto by means of parallel rods *12,

which run parallel to the cylinder and are 75..

' pipe 16, which connects the cylinder with the 8o supply-pipe 7, andsaid inlet is supplied with va suitable cock, wherebytthe passage ofliquid therethroughmay be readily controlled.l Pipes 17 are arrangedbetween the cylinders and the supply 7 at points between the inlets 85 a16, and these are supplied with valves', as'/l8,A adapted to openoutward when the piston passes the pipes 17 thereof in the event ofwater escaping from one side'to the other -of the piston, 'therebycompensatingfor the 9o leakage.

In Fig." 3 we have shown a modified form of inlet and valved pipes,which is especially adapted for'use where rthe supply-pipe is remotefrom the cylinders. supply-pipe is connected with the cylinder by Ameans of inlets, hereinbefore described. In lieu of extending the valvedpipe from the cylinder to the supply, however, we provide a shortoutlet-pipe-19, communicating by means roo of a connecting-pipe -20 withthe inlet.

They supply-pipe is laid adjacent to each of (Shown in dotted lines,Fig. 1.) `Ex- 6o .l tending from this cylinder, near one end there- .l

In said figure the the cylinders 9 and is provided at a point betweenthe inlets of each cylinder with a cock, as 21, for the purposehereinaftermore fully described. The end of this pipe is connected to areturn-pipe 22, which passes directly to that end of main cylinder 1which is farthest removed from the supply-pipe 7.

A connecting-pipe, as 23, preferably extends from the supply to thereturn pipes, as shown, and is provided with a branch pipe 24, openinginto an air-exhaust chamber 25, having a suitable outlet 26, which maybeclosed in any suitable manner. Cocks, as 27 are arranged between thebranch pipe 24 and the pipes 7 and 22, respectively.

1n operation all of the valves of the apparatus are opened and anon-compressible liquid, preferably formed of water-and calcium chlorid,is forced into all of the pipes and cylinders by meansnof the pump 8. Itwill be understood 4that all air within the system will be forced outthrough the chamber 25, and the expulsion thereof may be accelerated byoperating the piston of the main cylinder during the filling of themachine. When the air has been expelled, the cocks 27 and 21 are closedand the piston .4 is driven by means of a motor, as 6. ton moves towardthe supply-pipe 7 the water in'the path of said piston will he forcedinto. the pipe, causing a portion of the contents of the pipe to beforced into one inlet 16 of the cylinders, moving their pistons inunison with the main piston, and the liquid in their paths being forcedout through the other 'pipe 16 of the cylinders, causinggas is obvious,a portion of the liquid within the return-pipe to ow into theV maincylinder in the rear of its piston. When the movement of the pistou 4 isreversed, the movement of the current within the pipes and cylinderswill be` reversed therewith, and as the liquid used completely iills thesystem and cannot escape or be compressed it will be readily understoodthat the pistons of each cylinder will move in harmony with the mainpistonr4.

In the event of any leakage which mighta occur phrough the pistons ofthe cylinders causing the amount of liquid on one side ofthe piston .tobe less than the amount required to drive said piston its full strokethe pressure will be eqnalized by the admission of liquid to the side ofthe piston requiring the same through one of the valves 18. In

other words, should the piston in one of the cylinders 9 reach the vendof its stroke prior to'the completion ofthe stroke of the piston 4 thewater which continues to flow into the cylinder in rear of its pistonwill force open the valve 18 adjacent to said piston, and thus flow pastthe closed valve 21, arranged within the supply-pipe 7 at a pointbetween the valves 18.

When it is desired to st'op the motion of one of the cylinders withoutinterfering with the operation of the balance of the system, it ismerely necessary to open the cock 2,1 of

It is obvious that as the pisthat cylinder, and the liquid will thenpass directly through the supply-pipe 7 without entering the cylinder byway of the inlets 16. By opening the cocks 27 all of the cylinders 9will be placed out of circuit, as' the WaterI will flow directly fromone end to the other of the cylinder l.

While we have shown and described this device as being especiallyadapted for use inl pumping systems, we do not limit ourselves thereto,as the same may-be used forany of numerous purposes forwhich astationary .engine may be employed, nor do we restrict ourselves to anyparticular form of motor for driving'the Amain piston 4. The pum-p 8 maybe operated by means of the motor 6; but it is preferably drivenindependently thereof.

Itis our idea to have an air-chamber 25 arranged at one or more pointsabove thebalance of Ythe system. We find that when a system is chargedwith iuidfrom the pump 8 the air is forced ahead of the same and throughthe pened cocks 27 i to the airchamber. The small amount `o air whichmixes with the water soon finds its way to the air-chamber, discharged.The cocks within the pipes `16 'and 17 are employed for preventing thewater from flowing into the cylinders when it is desired to repair themor for any other reason. In the foregoing'description we have shown thepreferred form of our invention; but we do not limit ourselves thereto,as we are aware that modifications may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit or sa'cricing from which it may beV readily ICIO theadvantages thereof, and we therefore reserve the right to make suchchanges and alterations as fairly fall within the scope of ourinvention.

Having thus fully described our invention, v

what we claim as new, and desire to ,secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with amain cylinder and piston, and a supply and return pipe; of a cylinder, apiston therein, inlet-pipes con- IIO necting the cylinder at oppositeends with f the supply-pipe, -inid within lthe cylinders and pipes, acock within the supply-pipe at a point between the inlets,.andoutlet-pipes connecting the cylinder with the supply-pipe at pointsbetween the inlets to said cylinder,

and a val've within each 'outlet-pipe adaptedl to open outward whenunderpressure.

2..In an .apparatus of the character described, the combination with amain cylinder 'and piston and supply and inlet pipes; of a cylinder, apiston therein, inlet-pipes connecting said supply-pipe and the ends ofthe cylinder, outlets to said cylinder adjacentto and communicating withthe inlet pipes,

valves within the outlets, each adapted to; open outward after thepiston has passed the same toward the end of its stroke and when dersand 'pipes'. v

3. In an apparatusof Ythe character deunder pressure, and-fluid withinsaid cylin- 4 scribed; the combination with a. main cylinl cylinders andpipes, a cock within the supplyder, a piston, a supply and aninlet pipe;of cylinders, a piston within each cylinder, inletpipes connecting thesupply-pipe with the 'ends of each 0f the cylinders, outlet-pipes eX-tending from each cylinder at points adjacent to the inlets 'andcommunicating with the supply-pipe, valves within the outlet-pipesadapted to open outward when under pressure when the pistons in thecylinders approach the limits of their movenents, a cock Within thesupply-pipe between the inletpipes of each cylinder, andnon-compressible fluid within the cylinders and pipes.

f4. In an apparatus of the character described', the7 combination with amain cylinder and piston and a supply and retlbrn pipe; of l2i. secondcylinder, a piston therein, inletpipes'connecting said cylinder atopposite ends with the supply-pipe, uid within the pipe at a pointbetween the inlets, outletpipes connecting the second cylinder with thesupply-pipe at points between the inlets to said cylinder, a valveWithin each outletpipe adapted to open outward whenA under pressure, across-beam secured to the piston of thesecond cylinder, a pump-rod, across'- beam secured thereto, and means for connecting the beams of thepiston and pump-rod.

In testimonywhereofwe ailx our signaturesin presence of Witnesses.

` 'JOSEPH NEWTON FULTON.

LUTHER D. FULTON. Witnesses as to Joseph Newton Fulton: AUG. M.CAMPBELL,

J. M. RONEY. Witnesses as to Luther D. Fulton:

CHESTEEL. KEER, HERBERT D. LAWSON.

